---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase The General Fund Reserve"
description: "Under current law, the general fund reserve is equal to 2.86% of the amount appropriated for expenditure from the general fund for the fiscal years 2020-21 and 2021-22 and 7.25% of the amount appropriated for the fiscal year 2022-23 and each fiscal year thereafter. The act increases the percentage used to determine the general fund reserve as follows:13.4% for the fiscal year 2021-22; and"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2021A"
identifier: "SB 21-226"
citation: "Colorado SB 21-226 (2021A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dominick Moreno", "Julie McCluskie"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e79c7a2b-ce10-4381-8600-601ebd549bc9"
source_url: "http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb21-226"
source_hash: "493df43f3571095e6c7d5886466ac61eff1ff52a7e7854838722eca78033ae5e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado SB 21-226 (2021A) — Increase The General Fund Reserve

Under current law, the general fund reserve is equal to 2.86% of the amount appropriated for expenditure from the general fund for the fiscal years 2020-21 and 2021-22 and 7.25% of the amount appropriated for the fiscal year 2022-23 and each fiscal year thereafter. The act increases the percentage used to determine the general fund reserve as follows:13.4% for the fiscal year 2021-22; and

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_sb226_h_app_001.pdf)
2. **Engrossed (04/08/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_226_eng.pdf)
3. **Final Act (05/11/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_226_enr.pdf)
4. **Introduced (04/05/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_226_01.pdf)
5. **Reengrossed (04/09/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_226_ren.pdf)
6. **Rerevised (05/04/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_226_rer.pdf)
7. **Revised (05/03/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2021A/bills/2021a_226_rev.pdf)
8. **Signed Act (05/17/2021)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/2021a_226_signed.pdf)

## Votes

- BILL — **63–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BILL — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dominick Moreno — primary (person)
- Julie McCluskie — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-05-17T06:00:00+00:00** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-11T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the Speaker of the House
- **2021-05-10T06:00:00+00:00** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-05-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2021-05-04T06:00:00+00:00** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-05-03T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor `reading-2`
- **2021-04-30T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-04-23T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/30/2021 - No Amendments
- **2021-04-21T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-04-16T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over to 04/21/2021 - No Amendments
- **2021-04-14T06:00:00+00:00** House Second Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
- **2021-04-13T06:00:00+00:00** House Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`
- **2021-04-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e79c7a2b-ce10-4381-8600-601ebd549bc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).